I too wish everyone to be healthy and safe and hope the Texans get relief soon.
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On Feb 18, 2021, at 7:48 PM, mother_veronica_rose <
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Elaine - Picture somewhere but who knows where? Dorothy you are correct. There was a real bad fire and the building was completely destroyed. It has since been torn down and only the vacant/empty lot remains.? The transformations consisted of a very successful and still operating in the area - florist shop. After the florist ship it was a 2d hand consignment shop and after that and just before the fire it was turned into an investor owned apartment building. Yes Fay ¨C you remember the parakeet¡¯s vocabulary. Mom always thought the birds were language fluent. The only 2 things I remember were the ones Fay remembers. Of course just back from?Vietnam?and out of the Army, single and trying to find my way, I couldn¡¯t of cared less if the birds could recite Shakespeare. I hope this note finds all in the Ruggieri group staying healthy, safe and getting thru these crazy times that we are living in. The folks in?Texas?are sure having a tough time. Being cold is most difficult both emotionally and physically.
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Fay, I bet it was the parrot, but I was gone for so long that I have spotty memories. ?However, I do remember the parrot when it was in the Jennersville house. ?For some reason, I don¡¯t remember it in Coatesville. ?And speaking of the Jennersville house, Paul, can you give us a little history and update on that house. ?It seems to have gone through a number of transformations since your family left there. ?At one point, there must have been a fire, and I thought it was a goner, but it seems to have taken on new life. ?You have a great memory for the details and human interest of family and local history. ?I love all your stories.
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That sounds familiar. I remember a bird that could say things like ¡°pretty bird¡± and ¡°go to hell¡± or some other mild cuss words.
?Didn¡¯t Aunt Ronnie also have a parakeet that could talk??
On Feb 16, 2021, at 11:15 PM, mother_veronica_rose <pandriole@...> wrote: ?
As a little girl growing up (in the teens or 1920¡¯s) at 405 south?Union, Ronnie had a parrot given to her and its name was ¡°Loretta¡±. I guess she really liked the bird as a pet. ?Fast forward to 1967 ¨C I came down on orders for?Vietnam?and Aunt Millie gave mom the parrot to keep her ¡°busy¡± until I returned and it was named Skipper after you guessed it - Skipper. The bird entertained folks at the Jennersville store for years and was really mean. Come time for Mom to die (some 20 years later) ¨C my sister Midge didn¡¯t want the parrot and neither did I. A plumber & customer named Jim Connor from Avondale really liked the bird so at mom¡¯s death off ¡°Skipper¡± went to the plumbing shop. The last time I saw the bird was in the plumber¡¯s shop & it had a grease smear right straight down the middle of its yellow head. I lost track of the bird after that and sometime after I worked for the county (2001-2014) I ran into one of the plumber¡¯s sons and He ¨C the son ¨C still had the parrot. It was a miserable nasty bird & perhaps that explains the long life. According to some accounts those Amazons can live a very long life. It was a very young bird when Aunt Millie gave it to Mom and if still living would only be very early sixties. I¡¯m told if they don¡¯t take sick, they will live longer than that. Randy ¨C even today ¨C people that remember the Store ¨C remember Skipper. Some folks swore it could talk a little & loved it ¨C other people hated it because of its disposition. Randy, thanks for the trip down memory lane.
some of us "younger" cousins have been remembering all kind of fond memories about our wonderful family.
One question that we had was: What became of that darn parrot?
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